Inspired Philanthropy: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Creating a Giving Plan and Leaving a Legacy [With CDROM]

by Nancy Adess, Tracy Gary, Jane Wong

Book Overview

This newest edition of the classic book shows how anyone can align and integrate values, passions, and dreams for their communities and families into their plans. Inspired Philanthropy explains how to make a difference by creating giving and legacy plans, tells what questions to ask nonprofits, and spells out how to help partner with advisors and nonprofit leaders for inspired outcomes. In addition to overall updates to statistics, the new edition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787996521
• ISBN13: 9780787996529
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.6" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Inspiring and Practical for Those Who Want to be more Thoughtful and Strategic in their Giving

This book is both inspiring and practical for those who are interested in being more thoughtful and strategic in their giving. Gary presents a great framework and step by step plan for anyone looking to make a real impact with their giving - rather than giving haphazardly to the variety of requests received throughout the year. She helps people explore their values and align them with their giving. She also helps people examine the root causes of the problems and needs, rather than just the superficial symptoms. If you are looking to make every hard earned dollar of your giving count and have real impact, Inspired Philanthropy is a terrific resource for you. The book has motivated our family to give more - to do it in ways that are aligned with our values - and to have real impact. Thanks Tracy for inspiring our philanthropy!

Creative, inspiring read for any fundraiser

With 35 years in the nonprofit fundraising business, it's sometimes difficult to find great new material and thinking. This book is all that and more. Tracy Gary is inspiring. This book is a must read for anyone on either side of the philanthropic fence.

Great Book!

I have given to charities for years, but always felt that I'd be able to give better with a solid plan. Inspired Philanthropy is a very comprehensive guide to creating a plan, funding it and managing it. It's a quick read too!